Every Day I Read - 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books

From the internationally bestselling author of Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop comes a warm and reflective collection of essays about reading, language and life. Why do we read? What is it that we hope to take away from the intimate, personal experience of reading for pleasure? Rarely do we ask these profound, expansive questions of ourselves and of our relationship to the joy of reading. But in this gentle, philosophical collection celebrating books, reading and language, Hwang Bo-reum doesn''t just tell us, but shows us what living a life immersed in reading means. Every Day I Read provides many quiet moments for introspection and reflection, encourages book-lovers to explore what reading means to each of us. While this is a book about books, at its heart is an attitude to life, one outside capitalism and climbing the corporate ladder. Readers and non-readers will take away something from it, including a treasure trove of book recommendations blended seamlessly within.

About the author

Hwang Bo-reum studied Computer Science and worked as a software engineer. She wrote several essay collections: I Read Every Day, I Tried Kickboxing for the First Time and This Distance is Perfect.

Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop is her first novel, which has sold over 150,000 copies in Korea and been sold into 9 territories. Before its release as a paperback, the novel was initially published as an e-book after winning an open contest co-organised by Korean content-publishing platform ‘Brunch’.
Shanna Tan is a Singaporean translator working from Korean, Chinese and Japanese into English. She was selected for two emerging literary translator mentorships in 2022, where she was mentored by Anton Hur and Julia Sanches. Her prose translations have appeared in The Southern Review, The Common, Azalea: Journal of Korean Literature & Culture and more.

Product details

• Authors: Hwang Bo-reum, Bo-reum Hwang, Bo-reum Swang
• Assisted by: Shanna Tan (Translation)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.10.2025
• EAN: 9781526692801
• ISBN: 978-1-5266-9280-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Memoirs, SELF-HELP / Creativity, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, REFERENCE / Personal & Practical Guides, Self-help & personal development, Gift books, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Adult literacy guides and handbooks, Adult literacy guides & handbooks, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs